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This linearity is likely caused by diffusive pressure-melting and refreezing at grain boundaries and could help stabilize modeled responses of ice sheets to shrinkage-induced stress increases.", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Cryosphere", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Iverson, Neal", "project_titles": "NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: Two-Phase Dynamics of Temperate Ice", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010197", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: Two-Phase Dynamics of Temperate Ice"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Tertiary creep rates of temperate ice containing greater than 0.7% liquid water", "uid": "601833", "west": null}, {"awards": "0087144 Conway, Howard", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-150 -83.5,-148 -83.5,-146 -83.5,-144 -83.5,-142 -83.5,-140 -83.5,-138 -83.5,-136 -83.5,-134 -83.5,-132 -83.5,-130 -83.5,-130 -83.65,-130 -83.8,-130 -83.95,-130 -84.1,-130 -84.25,-130 -84.4,-130 -84.55,-130 -84.7,-130 -84.85,-130 -85,-132 -85,-134 -85,-136 -85,-138 -85,-140 -85,-142 -85,-144 -85,-146 -85,-148 -85,-150 -85,-150 -84.85,-150 -84.7,-150 -84.55,-150 -84.4,-150 -84.25,-150 -84.1,-150 -83.95,-150 -83.8,-150 -83.65,-150 -83.5))"], "date_created": "Mon, 22 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Marine ice sheets are low-pass filters of climate variability that take centuries to adjust to interior and near-terminus changes in mass balance. Constraining these century-scale changes from satellite observations that span only the last 40 years is challenging. Here, we take a different approach of carefully synthesizing different data sets to infer changes in the configurations of van der Veen and Mercer Ice Streams on the Siple Coast over the past 3000 years from englacial features encoded in ice-penetrating radar data. Englacial radar data from Conway Ridge reveal smooth, surface conformal layers overlying disrupted stratigraphy that suggest the van der Veen Ice Stream was 40 km wider over 3000 years ago. Englacial layer dating indicates that the ice stream narrowed to its present configuration between $\\sim3000$ and $\\sim1000$ years ago. Similarly disrupted stratigraphy and buried crevasses suggest that ice flowing from Mercer to Whillans Ice Stream across the northwestern tip of the ridge slowed shortly after. Using an ice-flow model capable of simulating shear margin migration, we evaluate whether small changes in ice thickness can lead to large changes in shear margin location. Our results suggest that the tip of Conway Ridge is sensitive to thinning and thickening, and that when the basal strength at the tip of the ridge increases with the height above flotation, the ice sheet shear margins can change quickly.", "east": -130.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-140 -84.25)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Cryosphere; Siple Coast", "locations": "Siple Coast; Antarctica", "north": -83.5, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Hoffman, Andrew; Conway, Howard; Christianson, Knut", "project_titles": "Glacial History of Ridge AB, West Antarctica", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010470", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Glacial History of Ridge AB, West Antarctica"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -85.0, "title": "Impulse HF radar data from Conway Ridge", "uid": "601810", "west": -150.0}, {"awards": "2023355 Schmandt, Brandon", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"], "date_created": "Wed, 26 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This catalog/dataset contains 60,006 seismic events between magnitude (Mw) -1.0 and 4.5. It was obtained using publicly available seismic data from 2000 through 2020. The catalog was generated using a workflow that includes new and established software for earthquake detection (Mousavi et al., 2020; Woollam et al., 2022), association (Zhang et al., 2019), location (Lomax et al., 2000, 2009) and magnitude estimation (Satriano, 2022). Events in the catalog are located near volcanoes, outlet glaciers, ice shelves, and within the continental interior. The catalog thus includes events from diverse source processes (cryospheric, volcanic, and tectonic). Preliminary observations include thousands of events near Mount Erebus, Ross Island, and the McMurdo Sound region, repeated seismic events at Ice Streams or large glaciers, and deep long period events in Marie Byrd Land Executive Committee Range. The file contains the latitude, longitude, depth, origin time, Magnitude, errors in the locations and the RMS. More details of the data set and all relevant methods can be found in Pena Castro et al., 2024.", "east": 180.0, "geometry": ["POINT(0 -89.999)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Cryosphere; Earthquakes; Icequakes; Volcanic Events", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": -60.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Earth Sciences", "persons": "Pena Castro, Andres", "project_titles": "EAGER: Lowering the detection threshold of Antarctic seismicity to reveal undiscovered intraplate deformation", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010450", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "EAGER: Lowering the detection threshold of Antarctic seismicity to reveal undiscovered intraplate deformation"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "A seismic catalog for the southernmost continent", "uid": "601805", "west": -180.0}, {"awards": "2129252 Iverson, Neal", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset contains parameters and results of laboratory experiments in which the permeability of temperate ice was measured for foliated ice disks collected from Athabasca Glacier. Data are in Data are in Microsoft Excel and .txt file formats. Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author, Jacob R. Fowler. Email: jrfowler@sas.upenn.edu.", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Cryosphere; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Stream; Lab Experiment; Rheology; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; Water Content", "locations": "Antarctica; Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Iverson, Neal; Fowler, Jacob", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Permeability anisotropy of foliated glacier ice", "uid": "601801", "west": null}, {"awards": "2129252 Iverson, Neal", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset contains parameters and results of laboratory experiments in which the permeability of temperate ice was measured as a function of water content and grain size. Further inquiries can be directed to the corresponding author, Jacob R. Fowler. Email: jrfowler@iastate.edu.", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Cryosphere; Glaciology; Ice Stream; Lab Experiment; Rheology; Water Content", "locations": "Antarctica; Antarctica; Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Iverson, Neal; Fowler, Jacob", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Relationship Between the Permeability and Liquid Water Content of Polycrystalline Temperate Ice", "uid": "601802", "west": null}, {"awards": null, "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-156 -82.5,-155.9 -82.5,-155.8 -82.5,-155.7 -82.5,-155.6 -82.5,-155.5 -82.5,-155.4 -82.5,-155.3 -82.5,-155.2 -82.5,-155.1 -82.5,-155 -82.5,-155 -82.53,-155 -82.56,-155 -82.59,-155 -82.62,-155 -82.65,-155 -82.67999999999999,-155 -82.71,-155 -82.74,-155 -82.77,-155 -82.8,-155.1 -82.8,-155.2 -82.8,-155.3 -82.8,-155.4 -82.8,-155.5 -82.8,-155.6 -82.8,-155.7 -82.8,-155.8 -82.8,-155.9 -82.8,-156 -82.8,-156 -82.77,-156 -82.74,-156 -82.71,-156 -82.67999999999999,-156 -82.65,-156 -82.62,-156 -82.59,-156 -82.56,-156 -82.53,-156 -82.5))"], "date_created": "Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Contained in this folder are the raw and processed data files for data collected with the underwater robot Icefin in the ocean cavity beneath Ross Ice Shelf, near the grounding line of Kamb Ice Stream. Most of these data are located within a basal crevasse. They were collected in December 2019 as part of the Aotearoa New Zealand Antarctic Science Platform and Victoria University of Wellington Hot Water Drilling initiative, and the NASA RISEUP grant (NNX16AL07G, PI B. E. Schmidt). The code that converted raw data files to processed can be found at https://zenodo.org/record/8338529. Direct questions to Peter Washam at pwasham@cornell.edu.", "east": -155.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-155.5 -82.65)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Basal Crevassing; Basal Freezing; Basal Melting; Ice Shelf; Kamb Ice Stream; Oceanography", "locations": "Kamb Ice Stream; Antarctica", "north": -82.5, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Washam, Peter", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -82.8, "title": "Direct observations of melting, freezing, and ocean circulation in an ice shelf basal crevasse", "uid": "601733", "west": -156.0}, {"awards": "NNX16AL07G TBD", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-155.3 -82.75,-155.27 -82.75,-155.24 -82.75,-155.21 -82.75,-155.18 -82.75,-155.15 -82.75,-155.12 -82.75,-155.09 -82.75,-155.06 -82.75,-155.03 -82.75,-155 -82.75,-155 -82.76,-155 -82.77,-155 -82.78,-155 -82.78999999999999,-155 -82.8,-155 -82.81,-155 -82.82,-155 -82.83,-155 -82.83999999999999,-155 -82.85,-155.03 -82.85,-155.06 -82.85,-155.09 -82.85,-155.12 -82.85,-155.15 -82.85,-155.18 -82.85,-155.21 -82.85,-155.24 -82.85,-155.27 -82.85,-155.3 -82.85,-155.3 -82.83999999999999,-155.3 -82.83,-155.3 -82.82,-155.3 -82.81,-155.3 -82.8,-155.3 -82.78999999999999,-155.3 -82.78,-155.3 -82.77,-155.3 -82.76,-155.3 -82.75))"], "date_created": "Wed, 14 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This work was primarily funded by the NASA-funded RISE-UP: Ross Ice Shelf \u0026 Europa Underwater Probe (PI Britney E. Schmidt) project. Field work at the KIS-1 site during the 2019-2020 season was completed through international collaboration between NASA, NSF/USAP, and Antarctica New Zealand, funded by the Aotearoa New Zealand Antarctic Science Platform (ANTA1801) Antarctic Ice Dynamics Project (ASP02101), and the NZARI-funded Aotearoa New Zealand Ross Ice Shelf Programme, \u201cVulnerability of the Ross Ice Shelf in a Warming World\u201d (grant no. 2014-11).\r\n\r\nThe data contained in this directory are merged and calibrated data files from three missions conducted with ROV Icefin through a borehole drilled through Ross Ice Shelf at KIS1 (-82.78410, -155.26267), near the Kamb Ice Stream grounding zone. Missions were conducted in 2019 on December 16th, 18th, and 21st (UTC). For questions or assistance working with the data please contact Britney Schmidt (britneys@cornell.edu) and Justin Lawrence (jdl287@cornell.edu).", "east": -155.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-155.15 -82.8)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Grounding Line; Grounding Zone; Ice Shelf; Kamb Ice Stream; Ross Ice Shelf", "locations": "Antarctica; Kamb Ice Stream; Ross Ice Shelf; Antarctica; Kamb Ice Stream", "north": -82.75, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Lawrence, Justin; Schmidt, Britney", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -82.85, "title": "KIS-1 ROV Icefin Missions", "uid": "601625", "west": -155.3}, {"awards": "9319379 Blankenship, Donald", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -75,-172 -75,-164 -75,-156 -75,-148 -75,-140 -75,-132 -75,-124 -75,-116 -75,-108 -75,-100 -75,-100 -76.5,-100 -78,-100 -79.5,-100 -81,-100 -82.5,-100 -84,-100 -85.5,-100 -87,-100 -88.5,-100 -90,-108 -90,-116 -90,-124 -90,-132 -90,-140 -90,-148 -90,-156 -90,-164 -90,-172 -90,180 -90,172 -90,164 -90,156 -90,148 -90,140 -90,132 -90,124 -90,116 -90,108 -90,100 -90,100 -88.5,100 -87,100 -85.5,100 -84,100 -82.5,100 -81,100 -79.5,100 -78,100 -76.5,100 -75,108 -75,116 -75,124 -75,132 -75,140 -75,148 -75,156 -75,164 -75,172 -75,-180 -75))"], "date_created": "Sun, 24 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "These data represent the 1-km decimated version of the SOAR ice thickness data provided to the Bedmap2 project, collected as part of various projects between 1991 and 2001. It encompasses the Corridor Aerogeophysics of the South East Ross Zone (CASERTZ) surveys of the Byrd Subglacial Basin (BSB), Bindschadler Ice Stream (WAZ/TKD), and the upstream catchments of Kamb Ice Steam and Willians Ice Stream (IRE); targeted West Antarctic glaciology projects (IPB/WAZ/DVD/STI/LIV); corridors across the Transantarctic Mountains to South Pole (PPT) and Dome C (WLK); and a version of the Lake Vostok dataset (LVS). Data were collected as stacked log detected traces by the SOAR TUD IV system with an attached digitizer. The digitizer was significantly updated in 1997 (RTZ6). Data interpretation approaches can be found in Blankenship et al., 2001.\r\n\r\nData is in ASCII format. Transects are separated by GMT style segment headers with the transect name.\r\nColumns are:\r\n1. Year\r\n2. Day of Year\r\n3. Seconds of Day\r\n4. Longitude (degrees, WGS-84)\r\n5. Latitude (degrees, WGS-84)\r\n6. Easting (meters, EPSG 3031; Polar Stereographic with true scale at 71\u02daS)\r\n7. Northing (meters, EPSG 3031; Polar Stereographic with true scale at 71\u02daS)\r\n8. Surface Elevation (meters, WGS-84) - derived where possible from laser data\r\n9. Ice thickness (meters, using a speed of light in air of 299705000 m/s and a refractive index of 1.78; no firn correction)\r\n10. Bed Elevation (meters, WGS-84) - column 8 minus column 9\r\n11. The transect name formatted by Project/Set/Transect\r\n", "east": 100.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-180 -82.5)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Ice Penetrating Radar; Ice Thickness; SOAR", "locations": "Antarctica; Antarctica", "north": -75.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Earth Sciences", "persons": "Blankenship, Donald D.; Young, Duncan A.; Kempf, Scott D.", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Support Office for Airborne Research 1 km sampled ice thickness data", "uid": "601588", "west": -100.0}, {"awards": "1643917 Fricker, Helen", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-163.646 -84.186,-162.58715 -84.186,-161.5283 -84.186,-160.46945 -84.186,-159.4106 -84.186,-158.35175 -84.186,-157.2929 -84.186,-156.23405 -84.186,-155.1752 -84.186,-154.11635 -84.186,-153.0575 -84.186,-153.0575 -84.20871,-153.0575 -84.23142,-153.0575 -84.25413,-153.0575 -84.27684,-153.0575 -84.29955,-153.0575 -84.32226,-153.0575 -84.34497,-153.0575 -84.36768,-153.0575 -84.39039,-153.0575 -84.4131,-154.11635 -84.4131,-155.1752 -84.4131,-156.23405 -84.4131,-157.2929 -84.4131,-158.35175 -84.4131,-159.4106 -84.4131,-160.46945 -84.4131,-161.5283 -84.4131,-162.58715 -84.4131,-163.646 -84.4131,-163.646 -84.39039,-163.646 -84.36768,-163.646 -84.34497,-163.646 -84.32226,-163.646 -84.29955,-163.646 -84.27684,-163.646 -84.25413,-163.646 -84.23142,-163.646 -84.20871,-163.646 -84.186))"], "date_created": "Fri, 25 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This archive contains magnetotelluric (MT) responses estimated from MT time series data that were collected to study subglacial groundwater beneath Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica. Data acquisition took place during the 2018/2019 Antarctic summer field season. 27 MT stations were collected at Whillans Subglacial Lake (SLW) and 16 stations were obtained at its hypothesized downstream outlet to the ocean, Whillans Grounding Zone (WGZ). The MT responses are provided as text files in the .zmm format output by the MT data processing code, but have also been converted to the more widely used .edi text file format for convenience. All sensor orientations are listed as geomagnetic azimuths, which for this region are substantially different than the corresponding geographic azimuths.", "east": -153.0575, "geometry": ["POINT(-158.35175 -84.29955)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Ice Stream; Magnetotelluric; Subglacial; Whillans Ice Stream", "locations": "Antarctica; Whillans Ice Stream", "north": -84.186, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Gustafson, Chloe; Key, Kerry; Siegfried, Matthew; Fricker, Helen", "project_titles": "Mapping Antarctic Subglacial Water with Novel Electromagnetic Techniques", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010300", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Mapping Antarctic Subglacial Water with Novel Electromagnetic Techniques"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -84.4131, "title": "Wideband magnetotelluric responses from Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica", "uid": "601526", "west": -163.646}, {"awards": "1643120 Iverson, Neal", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Tue, 01 Feb 2022 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset contains parameters and results of laboratory experiments in which the permeability of temperate ice was measured for various grain sizes and hydraulic gradients.", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Glacier Flow; Glacier Hydrology; Glaciological Instruments And Methods; Glaciology; Ice Physics; Ice Stream; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Iverson, Neal; Fowler, Jacob", "project_titles": "NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: Two-Phase Dynamics of Temperate Ice", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010197", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "NSFGEO-NERC: Collaborative Research: Two-Phase Dynamics of Temperate Ice"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Ice permeameter experimental parameters and results", "uid": "601515", "west": null}, {"awards": "1245871 McCarthy, Christine", "bounds_geometry": null, "date_created": "Thu, 23 Dec 2021 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set contains text files for the experimental logs of ice-on-rock friction experiments that were conducted in a double direct shear apparatus at temperatures of -16.4 C to -2 C. There are eleven files (C28-C34, C39-C41, and C44). Each file contains 4 columns of data that correspond to time (s), vertical displacement (microns), friction, and velocity. The data were prepared by converting voltages from experimental feedbacks, to appropriate units using calibrations, as conducted separate. Miscellaneous loading and unloading data were removed and the data was filtered modestly (100 point moving average filter in matlab). The data set includes all information needed to plot friction or velocity vs. time or displacement from the beginning to end of the run. ", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "McCarthy, Christine M.; Skarbek, Rob; Savage, Heather", "project_titles": "Laboratory Study of Ice Deformation under Tidal Loading Conditions with Application to Antarctic Glaciers", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010186", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Laboratory Study of Ice Deformation under Tidal Loading Conditions with Application to Antarctic Glaciers"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Dataset for Tidal modulation of ice streams: Effect of periodic sliding velocity on ice friction and healing", "uid": "601497", "west": null}, {"awards": "1745055 Stearns, Leigh; 1246353 Anderson, John; 1745043 Simkins, Lauren", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -60,-144 -60,-108 -60,-72 -60,-36 -60,0 -60,36 -60,72 -60,108 -60,144 -60,180 -60,180 -63,180 -66,180 -69,180 -72,180 -75,180 -78,180 -81,180 -84,180 -87,180 -90,144 -90,108 -90,72 -90,36 -90,0 -90,-36 -90,-72 -90,-108 -90,-144 -90,-180 -90,-180 -87,-180 -84,-180 -81,-180 -78,-180 -75,-180 -72,-180 -69,-180 -66,-180 -63,-180 -60))"], "date_created": "Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The dataset here allows exploration of the causes and significance of Antarctic grounding-line sinuosity by coupling observations of contemporary Antarctic grounding lines and paleo-grounding lines expressed as ice-marginal landforms on the Ross Sea continental shelf. Modern grounding lines are derived from the MEaSUREs Version 2 Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry dataset with spatial resolutions of 25-120 m spanning February 1992 to December 2014 (Rignot et al., 2016; Mouginot et al., 2017). The boundaries of individual grounding lines representative of individual glacial catchments (n=664) were delineated by the inflection points of the shear strain rate, \u03b5xy (c.f Van der Veen et al., 2011). Sinuosity was calculated as the ratio of the true length, orthogonal to ice-flow direction, of the grounding lines and the straight line length between end-points and in units of km/km. Raster data were extracted at 1-km points along each grounding line; the mean was calculated for each grounding line and merged in a table with sinuosity data. A dataset of 6,275 paleo-grounding lines expressed as ice-marginal landforms on the deglaciated western Ross Sea continental shelf are used in this study, originally published by Simkins et al., 2018. The ice-marginal landforms were mapped from multibeam echo sounder data that was collected onboard the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer (NBP) 15-02 cruise using a Kongsberg EM122 operating in dual swath mode at 12 kHz frequency with 30-60% swath overlap (Cruise DOI: 10.7284/901477). The resulting bathymetry data was gridded at 20-40 m with decimeter vertical elevation resolution depending on water depth and sea-state. Sinuosity is calculated as a ratio of true (mapped) landform length, measured in the across paleo-ice flow direction at the crest of the landform, to the straight line distance between the mapped landform endpoints and in units of km/km. \r\n\r\nTo compare modern and paleo-grounding lines, we use a consistent length scale by segmenting the grounding lines into 2-km sections for the two datasets (modern, n=12,966; paleo, n=5,832), even though this eliminates grounding lines that are less than 2-km long and thus results in 1 modern and 3,873 paleo-grounding lines removed. The full-length and 2-km segmented groundings lines are provided as shapefiles \"InSAR_groundinglines_full\" and \"InSAR_groundinglines_2km\", the paleo-grounding lines are provided as shapefiles \"RossSea_icemarginal_full\" and \"RossSea_icemarginal_2km\", and points marking modern grounding lines retreat from repeat InSAR surveys are provided as shapefile \"InSAR_retreat_points\", all stored together in a geodatabase named \"Antarctic_groundinglines.gbd\". Additional grounding line metrics, including length, sinuosity, bed roughness, and bed slope for modern and paleo-grounding lines, and height-above-buoyancy gradient, ice-flow velocity, presence of pinning points and ice shelves are provided for modern grounding lines. \r\n\r\nThe published dataset was compiled and analyzed in the article \"Controls on circum-Antarctic grounding-line sinuosity \" by Simkins, L.M., Stearns, L.A., and Riverman, K.L, which will be submitted to a peer-review journal in November 2021.\r\n\r\nReferences\r\nMouginot, J., B. Scheuchl, and E. Rignot. 2017. MEaSUREs Antarctic Boundaries for IPY 2007-2009 from Satellite Radar, Version 2. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. \r\n\r\nRignot, E., J. Mouginot, and B. Scheuchl. 2016. MEaSUREs Antarctic Grounding Line from Differential Satellite Radar Interferometry, Version 2. Boulder, Colorado USA. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. \r\n\r\nSimkins, L. M., Greenwood, S. L., \u0026 Anderson, J. B. (2018). Diagnosing ice sheet grounding line stability from landform morphology. The Cryosphere, 12(8), 2707-2726.\r\n\r\nVan der Veen, C. J., J. C. Plummer, \u0026 L. A. Stearns. (2011). Controls on the recent speed up of Jakobshavn Isbr\u00e6, West Greenland. 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Lakes were identified using laser altimetry data obtained from 2003 to 2009 by NASA\u0027s Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) mission. The data are provided in Keyhole Markup Language (KML), comma-separated values (CSV), and GEOTiff formats.", "east": 180.0, "geometry": ["POINT(0 -89.999)"], "keywords": "Altimetry; Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; Icesat; Laser Altimetry; Subglacial Lake", "locations": "Antarctica; Antarctica", "north": -60.0, "nsf_funding_programs": null, "persons": "Smith, Ben; Joughin, Ian; Tulaczyk, Slawek; Fricker, Helen", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Elevation Change Anomalies in West Antarctica and Dynamics of Subglacial Water Transport Beneath Ice Streams and their Tributaries", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000115", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Elevation Change Anomalies in West Antarctica and Dynamics of Subglacial Water Transport Beneath Ice Streams and their Tributaries"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -90.0, "title": "Antarctic Active Subglacial Lake Inventory from ICESat Altimetry", "uid": "601439", "west": -180.0}, {"awards": "0440670 Hulbe, Christina", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -77,-177 -77,-174 -77,-171 -77,-168 -77,-165 -77,-162 -77,-159 -77,-156 -77,-153 -77,-150 -77,-150 -77.9,-150 -78.8,-150 -79.7,-150 -80.6,-150 -81.5,-150 -82.4,-150 -83.3,-150 -84.2,-150 -85.1,-150 -86,-153 -86,-156 -86,-159 -86,-162 -86,-165 -86,-168 -86,-171 -86,-174 -86,-177 -86,180 -86,177.5 -86,175 -86,172.5 -86,170 -86,167.5 -86,165 -86,162.5 -86,160 -86,157.5 -86,155 -86,155 -85.1,155 -84.2,155 -83.3,155 -82.4,155 -81.5,155 -80.6,155 -79.7,155 -78.8,155 -77.9,155 -77,157.5 -77,160 -77,162.5 -77,165 -77,167.5 -77,170 -77,172.5 -77,175 -77,177.5 -77,-180 -77))"], "date_created": "Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The surface of the Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) is textured by flow stripes, crevasses and other fea- tures related to ice flow and deformation. 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The map may be used to infer past variations in stress conditions and flow events that cannot be inferred from flow traces alone.", "east": 155.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-177.5 -81.5)"], "keywords": "Antarctica", "locations": "Antarctica", "north": -77.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Hulbe, Christina; Ledoux, Christine; Forbes, Martin", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Using Fracture Patterns and Ice Thickness to Study the History and Dynamics of Grounding Line Migration and Shutdown of Kamb and Whillans Ice Streams", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000096", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Using Fracture Patterns and Ice Thickness to Study the History and Dynamics of Grounding Line Migration and Shutdown of Kamb and Whillans Ice Streams"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -86.0, "title": "MOA-derived Structural Feature Map of the Ross Ice Shelf", "uid": "601432", "west": -150.0}, {"awards": "1842021 Campbell, Seth", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-168 -82,-162.3 -82,-156.6 -82,-150.9 -82,-145.2 -82,-139.5 -82,-133.8 -82,-128.1 -82,-122.4 -82,-116.7 -82,-111 -82,-111 -82.6,-111 -83.2,-111 -83.8,-111 -84.4,-111 -85,-111 -85.6,-111 -86.2,-111 -86.8,-111 -87.4,-111 -88,-116.7 -88,-122.4 -88,-128.1 -88,-133.8 -88,-139.5 -88,-145.2 -88,-150.9 -88,-156.6 -88,-162.3 -88,-168 -88,-168 -87.4,-168 -86.8,-168 -86.2,-168 -85.6,-168 -85,-168 -84.4,-168 -83.8,-168 -83.2,-168 -82.6,-168 -82))"], "date_created": "Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The dataset includes initialization and output files of a numerical ice flow simulation of the Whillans and Mercer Ice Streams . The Ice Sheet System Model (ISSM) model was used to solve a 100-year transient stress balance solution of the region with ~10 kPA/yr friction increase downstream of the shear margin between the Whillans and Mercer ice streams. \r\n", "east": -111.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-139.5 -85)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciology; Ice Sheet Flow Model; Ice Shelf Dynamics; Mercer Ice Stream; Model Data; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; Whillans Ice Stream", "locations": "Antarctica; Whillans Ice Stream; Mercer Ice Stream", "north": -82.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Kaluzienski, Lynn", "project_titles": "RAPID Proposal: Constraining kinematics of the Whillans/Mercer Ice Stream Confluence", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010145", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "RAPID Proposal: Constraining kinematics of the Whillans/Mercer Ice Stream Confluence"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -88.0, "title": "Whillans and Mercer Shear Margin Ice Flow simulation in ISSM", "uid": "601404", "west": -168.0}, {"awards": "1842021 Campbell, Seth", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-168 -82,-162.3 -82,-156.6 -82,-150.9 -82,-145.2 -82,-139.5 -82,-133.8 -82,-128.1 -82,-122.4 -82,-116.7 -82,-111 -82,-111 -82.5,-111 -83,-111 -83.5,-111 -84,-111 -84.5,-111 -85,-111 -85.5,-111 -86,-111 -86.5,-111 -87,-116.7 -87,-122.4 -87,-128.1 -87,-133.8 -87,-139.5 -87,-145.2 -87,-150.9 -87,-156.6 -87,-162.3 -87,-168 -87,-168 -86.5,-168 -86,-168 -85.5,-168 -85,-168 -84.5,-168 -84,-168 -83.5,-168 -83,-168 -82.5,-168 -82))"], "date_created": "Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The dataset includes GPS coordinates for crevasse/fracture locations picked from 350MHz and 400Mhz frequency GPR dataset in the Whillans/Mercer Shear Margin along the SALSA traverse route with associated kinematic outputs for each feature (shear strain rate, vorticity, dilatation). GPS coordinates are in the Antarctic Polar Stereographic projection (EPSG:3031). ", "east": -111.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-139.5 -84.5)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Crevasses; Glaciology; GPR; GPS; Ice Sheet Flow Model; Ice Shelf Dynamics; Snow/ice; Snow/Ice; Whillans Ice Stream", "locations": "Antarctica; Whillans Ice Stream", "north": -82.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Kaluzienski, Lynn", "project_titles": "RAPID Proposal: Constraining kinematics of the Whillans/Mercer Ice Stream Confluence", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010145", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "RAPID Proposal: Constraining kinematics of the Whillans/Mercer Ice Stream Confluence"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -87.0, "title": "2017 GPR Observations of the Whillans and Mercer Ice Streams", "uid": "601403", "west": -168.0}, {"awards": "1724670 Williams, Trevor", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-70 -80,-65 -80,-60 -80,-55 -80,-50 -80,-45 -80,-40 -80,-35 -80,-30 -80,-25 -80,-20 -80,-20 -80.6,-20 -81.2,-20 -81.8,-20 -82.4,-20 -83,-20 -83.6,-20 -84.2,-20 -84.8,-20 -85.4,-20 -86,-25 -86,-30 -86,-35 -86,-40 -86,-45 -86,-50 -86,-55 -86,-60 -86,-65 -86,-70 -86,-70 -85.4,-70 -84.8,-70 -84.2,-70 -83.6,-70 -83,-70 -82.4,-70 -81.8,-70 -81.2,-70 -80.6,-70 -80))"], "date_created": "Mon, 05 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset contains 40Ar/39Ar measurements on detrital mineral grains from till in modern moraines at the edges of the Institute, Foundation, Academy, Recovery, and the Slessor glaciers / ice streams.", "east": -20.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-45 -83)"], "keywords": "40Ar/39Ar Thermochronology; Antarctica; Argon; Chemistry:sediment; Chemistry:Sediment; Detrital Minerals; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Marine Sediments; Mass Spectrometer; Provenance; R/v Polarstern; Sediment Core Data; Subglacial Till; Till; Weddell Sea", "locations": "Weddell Sea; Antarctica", "north": -80.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Earth Sciences", "persons": "Williams, Trevor", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Deglacial Ice Dynamics in the Weddell Sea Embayment using Sediment Provenance", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010128", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Deglacial Ice Dynamics in the Weddell Sea Embayment using Sediment Provenance"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -86.0, "title": "Argon thermochronological data on detrital mineral grains from the Weddell Sea embayment", "uid": "601377", "west": -70.0}, {"awards": null, "bounds_geometry": ["POINT(-163.61187 -84.33543)"], "date_created": "Wed, 15 Jul 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This dataset contains total organic carbon (%TOC) and carbon isotopic data (\u03b4\u00b9\u00b3C, \u0394\u00b9\u2074C) from sediments retrieved from the Whillans Ice Stream grounding zone during the 2015 Antarctic field season. All %TOC and sediment preparations were done at the University of South Florida. Radiocarbon measurements were done at the National Ocean Sciences Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (NOSAMS) laboratory. 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Specific motivation (and model parameters) comes from quasi-periodic slow slip events on the Whillans Ice Plain in West Antarctica. We quantify the influence of layer thickness on sliding stability, specifically whether steady loading of the system produces steady sliding or sequences of stick-slip events. This dataset contains input files from different parts of parameter space to demonstrate different styles of slip (steady sliding, slow slip sequences, and fast slip sequences).", "east": null, "geometry": null, "keywords": "Antarctica; Computer Model; Glaciology; Model Data; Shear Stress; Solid Earth; Whillans Ice Stream", "locations": "Antarctica; Whillans Ice Stream", "north": null, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Abrahams, Lauren", "project_titles": "Collaborative Research: Characterizing Brittle Failure and Fracture Propagation in Fast Ice Sliding with Dynamic Rupture Models based on Whillans Ice Stream Seismic/Geodetic Data", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0010138", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Collaborative Research: Characterizing Brittle Failure and Fracture Propagation in Fast Ice Sliding with Dynamic Rupture Models based on Whillans Ice Stream Seismic/Geodetic Data"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": null, "title": "Earthquake Sequence Dynamics at the Interface Between an Elastic Layer and Underlying Half-Space in Antiplane Shear", "uid": "601320", "west": null}, {"awards": "0839059 Powell, Ross", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-180 -80,-174 -80,-168 -80,-162 -80,-156 -80,-150 -80,-144 -80,-138 -80,-132 -80,-126 -80,-120 -80,-120 -80.5,-120 -81,-120 -81.5,-120 -82,-120 -82.5,-120 -83,-120 -83.5,-120 -84,-120 -84.5,-120 -85,-126 -85,-132 -85,-138 -85,-144 -85,-150 -85,-156 -85,-162 -85,-168 -85,-174 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -85,180 -84.5,180 -84,180 -83.5,180 -83,180 -82.5,180 -82,180 -81.5,180 -81,180 -80.5,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,180 -80,-180 -80))"], "date_created": "Fri, 17 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "This data set includes counts of palynomorphs from subglacial and sub-ice shelf tills from beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. In addition to counts the biostratigraphic ranges are presented on separate tabs. 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The overarching scientific objective of WISSARD is to assess the role of water beneath a West Antarctic ice stream in interlinked glaciological, geological, microbiological, geochemical, and oceanographic systems. The LISSARD component of WISSARD focuses on the role of active subglacial lakes in determining how fast the West Antarctic ice sheet loses mass to the global ocean and influences global sea level changes. The importance of Antarctic subglacial lakes has only been recently recognized, and the lakes have been identified as high priority targets for scientific investigations because of their unknown contributions to ice sheet stability under future global warming scenarios. LISSARD has several primary science goals: A) To provide an observational basis for improving treatments of subglacial hydrological and mechanical processes in models of ice sheet mass balance and stability; B) To reconstruct the past history of ice stream stability by analyzing archives of past basal water and ice flow variability contained in subglacial sediments, porewater, lake water, and basal accreted ice; C) To provide background understanding of subglacial lake environments to benefit RAGES and GBASE (the other two components of the WISSARD project); and D) To synthesize data and concepts developed as part of this project to determine whether subglacial lakes play an important role in (de)stabilizing Antarctic ice sheets. We propose an unprecedented synthesis of approaches to studying ice sheet processes, including: (1) satellite remote sensing, (2) surface geophysics, (3) borehole observations and measurements and, (4) basal and subglacial sampling.\nThe latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognized that the greatest uncertainties in assessing future global sea-level change stem from a poor understanding of ice sheet dynamics and ice sheet vulnerability to oceanic and atmospheric warming. Disintegration of the WAIS (West Antarctic Ice Sheet) alone would contribute 3-5 m to global sea-level rise, making WAIS a focus of scientific concern due to its potential susceptibility to internal or ocean-driven instability. The overall WISSARD project will test the overarching hypothesis that active water drainage connects various subglacial environments and exerts major control on ice sheet flow, geochemistry, metabolic and phylogenetic diversity, and biogeochemical transformations.\nSocietal Relevance: Global warming, melting of ice sheets and consequential sea-level rise are of high societal relevance. Science Resource Development: After a 9-year hiatus WISSARD will provide the US-science community with a renewed capability to access and study sub-ice sheet environments. Developing this technological infrastructure will benefit the broader science community and assets will be accessible for future use through the NSF-OPP drilling contractor. Furthermore, these projects will pioneer an approach implementing recommendations from the National Research Council committee on Principles of Environmental Stewardship for the Exploration and Study of Subglacial Environments (2007). 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The overarching scientific objective of WISSARD is to assess the role of water beneath a West Antarctic ice stream in interlinked glaciological, geological, microbiological, geochemical, and oceanographic systems. The RAGES component of WISSARD concentrates on the stability of ice stream grounding zones (GZ), the area where the ice, ocean waters and glacial and sea floor sediment interact. Based on our present limited data and modeling efforts, GZs can be perturbed by (i) internal ice stream dynamics, (ii) filling/draining cycles of subglacial lakes, (iii) increased melting by warming ocean waters, and/or (iv) rates of subglacial sediment (till) supply to the GZ. GZs are seen as high priority targets to investigate due to their unknown contributions to ice sheet stability under future global warming scenarios. The three main science goals for RAGES are to assess: (a) West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) stability relative to the magnitudes of the four main variables listed above; (b) the degree to which grounding-zone sedimentary systems house important records of past WAIS dynamics; and (c) the importance of microbial activity and subglacial geochemical weathering in supplying nutrients to the WAIS grounding zone, the Ross Ice Shelf (RIS) cavity, and the highly productive Southern Ocean that may ultimately influence global biogeochemical cycles. The RAGES field sampling plan integrates surface geophysical surveys with borehole and subglacial sampling and measurements. The boreholes provide: (1) samples of subglacial water, sediments, and basal ice for biological, geochemical, glaciological, sedimentological, and micropaleontological analyses; (2) measures of subglacial and sub-ice-shelf cavity physical and chemical conditions and their spatial variability; and (3) data on sediment types, state and change of the subglacial water discharge, oceanography, and basal ice at the grounding line and within the nearby sub-ice-shelf cavity. Unique tools to be deployed include a multisensor Sub-Ice ROVer (Remotely Operated Vehicle) and long-term, sub-ice oceanographic moorings.\nThe latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recognized that the greatest uncertainties in assessing future global sea-level change stem from a poor understanding of ice sheet dynamics and ice sheet vulnerability to oceanic and atmospheric warming. Disintegration of the WAIS (West Antarctic Ice Sheet) alone would contribute 3-5 m to global sea-level rise, making WAIS a focus of scientific concern due to its potential susceptibility to internal or ocean-driven instability. The overall WISSARD project will test the overarching hypothesis that active water drainage connects various subglacial environments and exerts major control on ice sheet flow, geochemistry, metabolic and phylogenetic diversity, and biogeochemical transformations.\nSocietal Relevance: Global warming, melting of ice sheets and consequential sea-level rise are of high societal relevance. Science Resource Development: After a 9-year hiatus WISSARD will provide the US-science community with a renewed capability to access and study sub-ice sheet environments. Developing this technological infrastructure will benefit the broader science community and assets will be accessible for future use through the NSF-OPP drilling contractor. 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Velocities were measured using a total station, a surveying instrument that combines a digital theodolite and an Electronic Distance Measuring (EDM) device to measure horizontal and vertical angles, slope, and horizontal and vertical distances. 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The investigators utilized a\nlaser altimeter and ice-penetrating radar mounted to a Twin Otter\naircraft to survey the ice sheet. Ice surface elevations and ice\nthickness data, derived from laser altimetry and radar sounding\nresults, are available in ASCII format via ftp.\n\nThese data are a result of the Corridor Aerogeophysics of the\nSoutheastern Ross Transect Zone (CASERTZ) experiments of the 1990s.\nThe CASERTZ geophysical surveys were aimed at understanding geological\ncontrols on ice streams of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, ultimately to\nhelp assess the potential for ice sheet collapse. Blankenship et\nal. 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WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nNereson\u0027s \u0027Age Versus Depth\u0027 plot shows the results of the calculations published in her paper on predicted age-depth scales (Nereson, N.A., E.D. Waddington, C.F. Raymond, and H.P. Jacobson. 1996. Predicted Age-Depth Scales for Siple Dome and Inland WAIS Ice Cores in West Antarctica.Geophys. Res. 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Firn cores were taken from three locations on Roosevelt Island, an ice dome within the Ross Ice Shelf, and were measured at increasing depth for density in kilograms per cubic meter, and for beta counts per hour per kilogram.\n\nThe data were collected between November and December of 1997. Measurements were taken incrementally down to approximately 17 meters for each of the three cores. 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These cores allow researchers to distinguish local from regional influences on the climate records recovered from the cores. Drilling for the Siple Dome core began in November 1996 and finished in January 1999. The core site is located between ice streams C and D at approximately 81\u00b0 40\u0027 S and 148\u00b0 49\u0027 W. Preliminary studies indicate that the paleoclimate record preserved in the 1003-meter Siple Dome ice core extends back more than 90 thousand years. Data are available via ftp.\n\nThe following WAISCORES investigators have made contributions to WAISCORES research. NSIDC archives data for many of these investigators: Mary Albert, Richard Alley, Robin Bell, Michael Bender, Robert Bindscadler, Pierre Biscaye, Donald Blankenship, Ed Brook, Nelia Dunbar, Joan Fitzpatrick, Tony Gow, Gregg Lamorey, Paul Mayewski, Joseph McConnell, Deb Meese, Nadine Nereson, Charlie Raymond, Eric Saltzman, Eric Steig, Christopher Shuman, Ken Taylor, Lonnie Thompson, Edwin Waddington, Martin Wahlen, James White, and Gret Zielinksi.", "east": -149.0, "geometry": ["POINT(-149 -81)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; WAIS; WAISCORES", "locations": "WAIS; Antarctica", "north": -81.0, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Lamorey, Gregg W.", "project_titles": null, "projects": null, "repositories": null, "science_programs": null, "south": -81.0, "title": "WAISCORES: Deep Ice Coring in West Antarctica", "uid": "609120", "west": -149.0}, {"awards": "9222121 Dalziel, Ian; 9318121 Anandakrishnan, Sridhar", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-152.598 -81.8039,-149.8369 -81.8039,-147.0758 -81.8039,-144.3147 -81.8039,-141.5536 -81.8039,-138.7925 -81.8039,-136.0314 -81.8039,-133.2703 -81.8039,-130.5092 -81.8039,-127.7481 -81.8039,-124.987 -81.8039,-124.987 -81.90464,-124.987 -82.00538,-124.987 -82.10612,-124.987 -82.20686,-124.987 -82.3076,-124.987 -82.40834,-124.987 -82.50908,-124.987 -82.60982,-124.987 -82.71056,-124.987 -82.8113,-127.7481 -82.8113,-130.5092 -82.8113,-133.2703 -82.8113,-136.0314 -82.8113,-138.7925 -82.8113,-141.5536 -82.8113,-144.3147 -82.8113,-147.0758 -82.8113,-149.8369 -82.8113,-152.598 -82.8113,-152.598 -82.71056,-152.598 -82.60982,-152.598 -82.50908,-152.598 -82.40834,-152.598 -82.3076,-152.598 -82.20686,-152.598 -82.10612,-152.598 -82.00538,-152.598 -81.90464,-152.598 -81.8039))", "POLYGON((-121.644 -82.2764,-121.4814 -82.2764,-121.3188 -82.2764,-121.1562 -82.2764,-120.9936 -82.2764,-120.831 -82.2764,-120.6684 -82.2764,-120.5058 -82.2764,-120.3432 -82.2764,-120.1806 -82.2764,-120.018 -82.2764,-120.018 -82.28496,-120.018 -82.29352,-120.018 -82.30208,-120.018 -82.31064,-120.018 -82.3192,-120.018 -82.32776,-120.018 -82.33632,-120.018 -82.34488,-120.018 -82.35344,-120.018 -82.362,-120.1806 -82.362,-120.3432 -82.362,-120.5058 -82.362,-120.6684 -82.362,-120.831 -82.362,-120.9936 -82.362,-121.1562 -82.362,-121.3188 -82.362,-121.4814 -82.362,-121.644 -82.362,-121.644 -82.35344,-121.644 -82.34488,-121.644 -82.33632,-121.644 -82.32776,-121.644 -82.3192,-121.644 -82.31064,-121.644 -82.30208,-121.644 -82.29352,-121.644 -82.28496,-121.644 -82.2764))"], "date_created": "Sat, 01 Dec 2001 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "Ice velocity data from ice stream C, including the body of the ice stream and its area of onset, are available. The investigator calculated velocities from precise ice displacement measurements made with a geodetic-quality Global Positioning System (GPS). These ice displacement measurements accompanied seismic experiments aimed at understanding controls on the flow of ice streams in west Antarctica. An understanding of ice stream flow is essential to predicting the response of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet to future climate change.\n\nData are available in ASCII format via ftp.", "east": -120.018, "geometry": ["POINT(-138.7925 -82.3076)", "POINT(-120.831 -82.3192)"], "keywords": "Antarctica; Geodesy; Geology/Geophysics - Other; Glaciers/ice Sheet; Glaciers/Ice Sheet; Glaciology; GPS; WAIS", "locations": "Antarctica; WAIS", "north": -81.8039, "nsf_funding_programs": "Antarctic Glaciology", "persons": "Anandakrishnan, Sridhar", "project_titles": "Microearthquake Monitoring of Ice Stream C, West Antarctica: A Sensor for Sticky Spots", "projects": [{"proj_uid": "p0000161", "repository": "USAP-DC", "title": "Microearthquake Monitoring of Ice Stream C, West Antarctica: A Sensor for Sticky Spots"}], "repo": "USAP-DC", "repositories": "USAP-DC", "science_programs": null, "south": -82.8113, "title": "Ice Velocity Data from Ice Stream C, West Antarctica", "uid": "609106", "west": -152.598}, {"awards": "9316338 Jacobel, Robert", "bounds_geometry": ["POLYGON((-155 -81,-154 -81,-153 -81,-152 -81,-151 -81,-150 -81,-149 -81,-148 -81,-147 -81,-146 -81,-145 -81,-145 -81.2,-145 -81.4,-145 -81.6,-145 -81.8,-145 -82,-145 -82.2,-145 -82.4,-145 -82.6,-145 -82.8,-145 -83,-146 -83,-147 -83,-148 -83,-149 -83,-150 -83,-151 -83,-152 -83,-153 -83,-154 -83,-155 -83,-155 -82.8,-155 -82.6,-155 -82.4,-155 -82.2,-155 -82,-155 -81.8,-155 -81.6,-155 -81.4,-155 -81.2,-155 -81))"], "date_created": "Fri, 01 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT", "description": "The Siple Dome Glaciology and Ice Stream History project was part of Western Divide West Antarctic Ice Cores (WAISCORES), an NSF-funded project to understand the influence of the West Antarctic ice sheet on climate and sea level change. WAISCORES researchers acquired and analyzed ice cores from the Siple Dome, in the Siple Coast region, West Antarctica.\n\nThis project supported glaciological studies of Siple Dome and its surroundings between Ice Streams C and D, via two major goals. First, it sought to characterize the dynamic environment and ice stratigraphy of Siple Dome and its surroundings, with the specific mission of assessing Siple Dome as a potential deep core site; and second, to determine whether the configuration of ice stream flow in the region has changed over time. Both goals are relevant to understanding the dynamics of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS), its history, and potential future behavior.\n\nThis project was a collaboration between Saint Olaf College, the University of Washington, and the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado. It included studies of satellite imagery and acquisition and analysis of field data from GPS, firn cores and snow pits, and ground-based ice-penetrating radar.\n\nData in this collection were obtained during two Antarctic field seasons in 1994\u201395 and 1996\u201397. The data set is available via FTP as Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (.xls) and ASCII tab delimited (.txt) files. Related notes are available as a Microsoft Word (.doc) or text (.txt) file. 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